vital signs

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun plural Body temperature, heart rate, respiratory rate, and blood pressure as measured to assess health or dysfunction.

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• noun medicine (plural only; not used in singular form) A set of measurements of a patients condition taken regularly to assess the state of bodily functions:- CSM, skin signs, lung sounds, temperature, pulse, blood pressure and respiration.